Unlike the Kogi, the Arhuaco or Iku people practice cattle raising as their main economic activity.

However, the community’s diet is complemented by agriculture, which has coffee as its main production and is also grown wild, in harmony
with other foods, free of chemicals or insecticides.

The Arhuaco also follow the ancestral “Law of Origin”, by which they intend to generate the least possible impact on nature through several spiritual practices such as “asking permission” to plant, “consulting” the spiritual authorities or “Mamos” about their planting process and performing “pagamentos” or offerings to restore the natural balance.